This is a record of my journey as a Muslim. I used to be Catholic and belonged to a missionary organisation. After my conversion, I sat on the board of a Muslim converts' organisation and specialised in da'wah programmes, convert management, interfaith issues and apostasy cases. I am an initiate of a Sufi order. As such, the articles and writings tend to cover these areas.
All the Arabic and graphics could not have been done without the help of my wife, Zafirah.

Saturday, 31 December 2016

It is recorded, in al-Bidayah wa an-Nihayah, that after the death of ‘Umar (r.a.), the shura’ made Abd ar-Rahman ibn ‘Awf (r.a.) responsible for collating their opinions on the best
candidate for the next caliph. Most of
them chose ‘Utsman (r.a.). Abd ar-Rahman ibn ‘Awf (r.a.) asked ‘Ali (k.w.),
“If not you, who do you suggest for me?”

‘Ali (k.w.)
said “‘Utsman”.

And when Abd ar-Rahman ibn ‘Awf (r.a.) asked ‘Utsman (r.a.) the same question, he replied,
“‘Ali.”